Cap. 16 Art. 1673Rules as to , management in the absence of agreement.

In the absence of special stipulations as to the mode of management, the following rules shall be observed:

(a) the partners are presumed to have mutually given to each other the power to manage, the one for the other; and whatever is performed by each of them is valid even as regards the shares of the other partners, although their consent shall not have been obtained;

(b) if the partners are not more than two, each of them may oppose the transaction before it is concluded, saving the right of the other partner to demand the dissolution of the partnership, together with damages, where the opposition is vexatious, or contrary to the object of the partnership, or otherwise seriously prejudicial to the interests of the partnership;

(c) if the partners are more than two, in case of opposition, the opinion of the majority will prevail, regard being had to the number of all the partners, or, where the decision takes place at a meeting fixed by agreement, or at a meeting at which all the partners shall have been requested to attend, to the number of the partners present at the meeting: Provided that where the decision of the majority is vexatious, or contrary to the object of the partnership, or calculated to give execution to acts not naturally included in the object of the partnership, or otherwise seriously prejudicial to the interests of the partnership, it shall be lawful for the dissenting partner to demand the dissolution of the partnership, together with damages;

(d) each partner may make use of the things belonging to the partnership, provided he uses them for the purpose for which by custom they are intended, and does not use them against the interests of the partnership, or in such a manner as to prevent his partners from using them according to their rights;

(e) each partner has the right to compel the other partners to bear with him the expenses which are necessary for the preservation of the property of the partnership;

(f) one of the partners cannot make any alterations in the immovable property of the partnership, even though he claims that such alterations are advantageous to the partnership, unless the other partners consent thereto.